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1. ALIKI BRANDENBERG
A U T H O R / I L L U S T R A T O R O F C H I L D R E N ’ S B O O K S

2. WHO IS SHE?
• Aliki is an American author/illustrator of children’s
books
• She writes/illustrates about many things; dinosaurs,
history, growing up, life experiences, and much
more

3. ALIKI
• She was born September 3rd, 1929 in Wildwood
Crest, New Jersey
• Her first language is Greek
• She enrolled in art classes and took piano lessons as
a child

4. HER LIFE
• Aliki graduated from Philadelphia Museum School
of Art in 1951
• Worked at JcPenny’s
• She traveled to Europe and met her husband, Franz
Brandenberg.
• She married Franz in 1957 and had two children;
Jason and Alexa.

5. HOBBIES
• Traveling
• Reading
• Museums
• Music
• Films
• Theater

6. AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR
• Her first book was The
Story of William Tell
• She now lives in London
where she continues
writing children’s books
• She won the
Pennsylvania School
Librarians Association
Award in 1991

7. BOOKS ALIKI HAS
WRITTEN/ILLUSTRATED:
• Go Tell Aunt Rhody
• Green Grass and White Milk
• Hello! Good-Bye
• Jack and Jake
• Keep Your Mouth Closed, Dear
• Leo and Emily
• Manners
• Mummies Made In Egypt

8. BOOKS CONTINUED:
• The Story of Johnny Appleseed
• The Story of William Penn
• The Story of William Tell
• Use Your Head, Dear
• We Are Best Friends
• Welcome, Little Baby
• All By Myself

9. RESOURCES
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliki_Brandenberg
• http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Bran
denberg__Aliki.html
• http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1136/Brandenber
g-Aliki-Liacouras-Aliki.html